You may have your own reasons for loving your dog– their cuddly fur, their perfect faces, their everlasting loyalty. As for me, I love dogs most of all when they're rowdy. I will literally roll on the floor with any dog (ask my coworkers.) I'll grab any drooly old raggedy toy and hold onto that thing for dear life if there's a good game of tug of war to be had. The feistier and rowdier the dog, the more I love 'em.

Maybe you've noticed this too. The more you play with your pup– or when your dog gets in a high-energy rassle with their pup friends– the more likely they'll sneak a sneeze in the middle of their GRRRRs and RUFFs.

So what's going on here? Are dogs allergic to a good time? Are they trying to distract their rival with a well-aimed germ cloud so that they can seize the advantage and snag the tennis ball? Or maybe they're just testing how polite you are (don't forget to say bless you, folks.)

As it turns out, dogs sneeze to say: "I'm having a great tiiiiime!"

According to Canine University, the sneeze is a dog's signal to the other dog that a rowdy dance/fight play sesh is strictly play– so both dogs know it's all in good fun. Katherine Smith, a dog trainer and Dog Behavior Consultant, says the sneeze is a mark of when your dog "is really loving what you're doing."

So our pups have found a weird new way to say, "maybe it LOOKS like we're fighting, but it's all cool, we're buds!!"

As always, I'm inspired by the weird and fascinating things dog teach us! So I decided to try it for myself.

If it can work for our dogs, why not humans?

Step 1: Start A Play-Fight! Find a stranger and get the party started!

Step 2: Growl and Bark! The louder and meaner you get, the more fun it is for everyone.

Step 3: Sneeze! Aim a couple aachoo's in that stranger's face, and watch the tension melt away. Next thing you know he'll be sneezing right back. We're friends now!

Okaaaay well this did not turn out as planned. I guess some things work better for our dogs than they do for us. But the good news is, I think I made a new friend!

Don't forget: Wiener Madness is ON! BarkPost is looking for the greatest Dachshund in all the land, and your votes decide the Wiener. Click here to vote– Round 1 finishes soon! Round 2 starts this Friday.

Friends don't sneeze in friends faces. But they do share goofy emails!

Do you have funny pics and videos of your dogs sneezing their floof off? Send 'em in! We might just feature it in our Cute Attack email!